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Autonomous cars and shuttles are no longer rare on city streets, but airports with their extraordinary safety rules are a different matter. At Tallinn Airport, Estonian company Auve Tech is now running its MiCa shuttles on routes passing close to parked aircraft — for the first time, without a safety operator on board. It is a step the company hopes will make driverless transport pay for itself and perhaps spread to other airports. The Tallinn shuttles serve Magnetic MRO, an aircraft maintenance firm with hangars on opposite sides of the airfield. They move workers, tools and spare parts between the…
Arriving in China, Šefčovič said his goal was to balance what he called an unsustainable trade deficit. Heading into a meeting with Wang, he said it was crucial that the talks deliver “tangible outcomes.” The discussions have zeroed in on cars, with Chinese exports increasingly eating into the market share of European automakers. In August, one in eight cars bought in the bloc was Chinese, thanks largely to a boom in sales of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. European negotiators have been pushing China to commit to some form of export restraint — in particular for hybrids. Unlike Chinese-made battery-electric vehicles, which…
The EU’s diplomatic service is facing criticism from lawmakers and civil society after withdrawing its backing for a disinformation conference at the last minute, following pressure from Washington. The European External Action Service (EEAS) pulled out of the conference, one of the few European-level gatherings devoted to the issue, saying its programme did not align with EU positions. Critics say the move contradicts the bloc’s own approach to protecting civil society. “We have decided to have the EEAS logo removed from the material associated with the conference in view of the content of the program,” said Christian Wigand, the EU’s…
Students dance, sing and chant in front of police outside Hélène-Boucher secondary school in Paris as tensions rise. Officers push back the crowd, use tear gas and dismantle a barricade erected by pupils. In Rennes, burning rubbish bins are seen near Saint-Vincent Providence secondary school before firefighters arrive to put out the flames, with police also at the scene. The school blockades are part of a new day of mobilisation across France. Demonstrators are calling for concrete measures from the government, despite efforts to ease tensions. The unrest comes as political debate heats up ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
The government on Thursday early afternoon submitted to parliament the draft State Budget law for 2027, two days before the deadline, after approving it this morning in the Council of Ministers. The document was handed over by the finance minister, Joaquim Miranda Sarmento, to the Speaker of the Assembly of the Republic, José Pedro-Aguiar Branco. The third State Budget of Luís Montenegro’s government has its approval once again assured by the Socialist Party (PS). The Socialist secretary-general, José Luís Carneiro, announced last week that the party intends to abstain in the vote on the bill in general terms, scheduled for…
Published on 08/10/2026 – 14:53 GMT+2 Scientists have invented the world’s first nuclear clocks that they say could unlock the fundamentals of physics. The two devices are the newest atomic clocks, which measure time by monitoring light by using transitions occurring inside the atomic nucleus, involving protons and neutrons. Atomic clocks have been used to keep precise measures of time and were first created in 1949 and, despite the name, do not use nuclear fusion or fission. The world’s best clocks have relied on electrons jumping between energy levels in atoms but the discovery has shown that the reference for…
“This strike will not go unanswered. Russia is trying to destroy all life in Donbas, and a response from the world is a must. A forceful response — exactly as the Russians deserve for all the deaths they have brought,” Zelenskyy added. In an interview Thursday, U.S. State Secretary Marco Rubio said that currently “there does not seem to be any prospect of a negotiated settlement … as the Russians are making a condition of full control of Donetsk, which Ukraine rejects as unacceptable.” Russia has claimed that a key objective of its invasion is to save the Russian-speakers of…
Published on 08/10/2026 – 15:36 GMT+2•Updated 15:46 The European Commission has stepped up pressure on Russia to provide full details of a suspected plague case in Siberia, echoing calls for transparency from the United States and the World Health Organisation (WHO). Moscow has pushed back,insisting there is no risk of an epidemic. “Let me say, for the third time this week in the press room: Russia should make information about the plague available as soon as possible,” Eva Hrncirova, the Commission’s health spokesperson, said on Thursday. “We don’t have enough information to assess the epidemiological situation, to assess the risks…
By Euronews Persian Published on 08/10/2026 – 15:49 GMT+2 Iran’s armed forces struck two commercial tankers outside the Strait of Hormuz within 24 hours this week, in what appeared to be a deliberate expansion of attacks beyond the strait, as Iranian officials issued a fresh wave of warnings against the United States. The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said several projectiles hit the oil and chemical tanker Acers, flagged in Antigua and Barbuda, 51 nautical miles north of Madinat ash Shamal in Qatar on Wednesday. Casualties were reported. Maritime intelligence firm Vanguard identified the vessel and said it was heading…
Foreign trade is expected to boost Europe’s biggest economy this year. Stronger exports helped prompt the German government to more than double its growth forecast for this year on Thursday, as it said the economy had withstood the energy shock caused by the Iran war and was benefiting from the global AI boom. The improved outlook could take some pressure off Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who is facing criticism that he has not done enough to kickstart the long-stagnant economy. “The German economy proved more robust than projected in the spring,” Economy Minister Katherina Reiche said as she announced the new…